The Three Card Monte

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
Length: 08:00

Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be? Read the full description.

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Playing: The Three Card Monte
From: Bishop Sand

Sift_shorts_small_jpeg_small In this short episode, we look into the street hustle game, the three card monte, and find why we are drawn to the game and why we choose to ignore our inconsistent beliefs in other situations.

Voices:

John Collins - Columbia Philosophy Dept. His research in philosophy is driven by a desire to understand the nature of rationality. Collins' articles and reviews on topics in probability, belief revision, decision theory, and metaphysics have appeared in such publications as Mind, The Australian Journal of Philosophy, and Scientific Inquiry in Philosophical Perspective.

James Randi - James Randi Educational Foundation. He has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.

Ed Smith - Columbia Psychology Dept. Professor Smith's research interests focus on: (a) working memory; (b) cognitive control, particularly attention and inhibition; (c) semantic memory; and (d) disruptions of these systems in psychiatric disorders.

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Piece Description

In this short episode, we look into the street hustle game, the three card monte, and find why we are drawn to the game and why we choose to ignore our inconsistent beliefs in other situations.

Voices:

John Collins - Columbia Philosophy Dept. His research in philosophy is driven by a desire to understand the nature of rationality. Collins' articles and reviews on topics in probability, belief revision, decision theory, and metaphysics have appeared in such publications as Mind, The Australian Journal of Philosophy, and Scientific Inquiry in Philosophical Perspective.

James Randi - James Randi Educational Foundation. He has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.

Ed Smith - Columbia Psychology Dept. Professor Smith's research interests focus on: (a) working memory; (b) cognitive control, particularly attention and inhibition; (c) semantic memory; and (d) disruptions of these systems in psychiatric disorders.